Allen C. Thompson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetAllen C. Thompson
American politician
Date of Birth: 06-Nov-1906
Place of Birth: Jackson, Mississippi, United States
Date of Death: 18-Oct-1980
Profession: politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Allen C. Thompson
- Allen Cavett Thompson (November 6, 1906 – October 18, 1980) was an American politician in the state of Mississippi.
- He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives and as mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, during which he closed public facilities instead of integrating them, a strategy used by many southern politicians to resist the successes of the civil rights movement in the United States. Thompson was born to Allen and Mattie Thompson.
- His father was an attorney, city prosecutor and city judge prior to his death in 1916.
- Allen, his brother, and mother all had to work to help support the family.
- Upon graduating from Central High School, Allen enrolled at the University of Mississippi. Thompson married Evana Shelby on August 22, 1929, in Port Gibson, Mississippi.
- He was offered and accepted a teaching position at Blue Mountain College in North Mississippi. In 1931, Allen obtained his license to practice law and returned to Jackson.
- During the next few years, Allen and Evana had three children, Allen Jr., Shelby, and William I.S.
- "Billy" Thompson, who was elected in 1963 to the Mississippi House of Representatives over the Republican William Swan Yerger, later a Hinds County circuit court judge from 1997 to 2010 and the brother of the first Mississippi Republican state chairman Wirt Yerger of Jackson.Thompson began his career in politics when he was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1940.
- He served until he resigned to join the United States Navy in 1942.
- He attained the rank of Lieutenant Commander and was assigned to Naval Intelligence.
- He was honorably discharged on January 14, 1946, at which time he returned to Jackson and resumed his law practice. Soon after his return, he was appointed by Governor Bailey to be legislative liaison to the Governor.
- During this time, he became President of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, President of the Exchange Club, State Excise Tax Commissioner, and served on the board of Stewards at Galloway Methodist Church. In 1948, Thompson, a Democrat, was elected mayor of the city of Jackson.
- During Thompson's tenure as mayor, the city's population grew from 98,000 to 154,000 and its facilities expanded to serve the larger population. He was also elected twice as President of the American Municipal Association.
- He was the United States Southern Representative to the International Union of Cities, which was held in Brighton, England where 350 cities and 30 nations were represented. Allen Thompson announced his retirement in 1969 and died of a heart attack in October 1980.
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